Being The Friend of Sinners – Fundy Style
Hello, Candidate for Soul-winning, would you like to be my friend? You can tell by my smile that I’m the friendly sort. And why else would I be stopping by your house at eight o’clock on a Saturday morning? “Hi, I’m here from Grace Fundamental Bible-Believing Baptist Church and wanted to know if you go [...]
And (you guessed it!) MORE HERO WORSHIP!
It’s a little scary to think that Hyles has its own army even if they do only trot them out to shoot off guns in honor of their Dear Leader. I think they would have been better off aiming their guns at the trumpet players.
Preaching To The Converted Redux
How many families in the average fundamentalist church do you think would have kids with subscriptions to 17 magazine? Nick “Action” Claxton (I am honestly not making that name up) evidently thinks there are quite a few in his. It’s always so much fun to rail on other people’s sin.
Car Codes of Conduct
Since its inception, the primary purpose of the automobile has always been to provide venue for pastors to lose their testimonies. It may also (as a strictly secondary function) provide some modicum of useful transportation. It is a well known fact in fundamentalism that even the most restrained and moderate of people lose all self-control [...]
Looking Back (An Atypically Serious Post)
As I chanced to read through Philippians 3 in a moment of devotion, it suddenly seemed to me that those oft-read words had strangely moved and changed as if some Subtle Hand had writ them large upon my own life’s story. And what I read was this: Though I myself have reason for confidence in [...]
Keepers At Home Redux
Undesirable consequences of wives going out to work a. Since she is bringing home part of the income she will want a voice in how it is spent. b. Children to a babysitter — no discipline. c. Contact with other men at work — temptation, flirting, unfaithfulness and divorce. It is no accident that the [...]
Rules
There are countless rules and notions in fundamentalism that may not warrant an entire post here but are worth keeping track of just the same. To that end I’ve begun work on the Fundamentalist Rulebook project. It is a fool’s errand. Expect to see a few of these appearing via twitter over the next few [...]
